Affection is created by habit, community of interests, convenience and the desire of companionship. It is a comfort rather than an exhilaration. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The soul that has been enriched by communion with God will not be dismayed by isolation but will welcome solitude. He will… — Frances J Roberts Copy Share Image
Put money in it's place. Money can buy you cars, houses, trinkets, fleeting sex, shallow companionship, cheap attention, and unfulfilled status. However,… — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
Life is like a seesaw. You need someone to play with. Someone that can bring you higher than the sky and someone… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
It is true that I miss intelligent companionship, but there are so few with whom I can share the things that mean… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“How we need that security. How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“The choice of a spiritual path is closer to marriage: one wants a partner for life, one whose companionship will prove as… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
A picture lives by companionship, expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive observer. It dies by the same token. It… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
“Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection! It will make itself the companion of your… — Théophile Gautier Copy Share Image
To deprive a gregarious creature of companionship is to maim it, to outrage its nature. The prisoner and the cenobite are aware… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
I need a hug. A real one, though. Not those one armed hugs, or those awkward hugs were only one arms touching… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I will not be alone if I am my true self. Only by trading my true self for the companionship of another… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
Dogs have always provided a special kind of love and companionship that I experience only some of the time with humans. They… — Linda Gray Copy Share Image
Always remember that even when you have reached your lowest point, when days are dark & when so called friends have turned… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
A child's eyes, those clear, wells of undefiled thought - what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and… — Caroline Norton Copy Share Image
You don't need a marriage license to live with someone, to have the security of a home, to rear any number of… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
What is companionship where nothing that improves the intellect is communicated, and where the larger heart contracts itself to the model and… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
“Loneliness tortures many if not most of the elderly more intensely and more frequently than it torments many if not most of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The way I see it is that good friends support each other after something bad has happened, great friends act as if… — Desperate Housewives Copy Share Image
In the presence of their love I sensed my lonliness, and I understood for a moment, clearly, that deep and basic human… — Luke Davies Copy Share Image
I never, ever took you for granted. We met too late for that; I was nearly thirty-three by then, and my past… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship but I've not lost the friendship. We… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
I'm the only member of SFWA in Nebraska, but I don't pine away for the companionship of other science fiction writers. I… — Robert Reed Copy Share Image
Chickens are cheerless birds, I advise you to keep geese which can be taught to follow like dogs, one needs all the… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
I know of no realm of life that can provide more companionship in a lonely world or greater feelings of security and… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
“Love someone because their soul inspires you, not because you’re interested in the relief from loneliness and companionship they can provide. Anybody… — Brianna Wiest Copy Share Image
If life was a song, would you spend most of it worrying about how it ended? If life was a song, would… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'll tell you, my friends: it's all in the nerves. The nerves that tense and relax as you approach the edges of… — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
I learned about not just being with someone because I don't want to be alone: being willing to be alone, and then… — Amy Landecker Copy Share Image
A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone - even when the crowd wants to take the easy road home.… — Leslie Ludy Copy Share Image
Never say never to anything, .. As you get older, being alone isn't very desirable. You want someone to drink your coffee… — William Joseph Burns Copy Share Image
In a dog's life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had… — John Grogan Copy Share Image
But where do you live mostly now?" With the lost boys." Who are they?" They are the children who fall out of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You may seek companionship and warmth, for example, but if your unconscious intention is to keep people at a distance, the experiences… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
Isolation offered its own form of companionship: the reliable silence of her rooms, the steadfast tranquility of the evenings. The promise that… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
“We all have a soul family, the ones that ignite and support our truth. They feed something in us we weren't aware… — Nikki Rowe Copy Share Image
“We had accepted each other's shortcomings and differences; then, just when we began to feel the yoke of each other's companionship, just… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
When the other person is hurting, confused, troubled, anxious, alienated, terrified; or when he or she is doubtful of self-worth, uncertain as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Are you implying that shreds of my reputation remain intact?" Will demanded with mock horror. "Clearly I have been doing something wrong.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Someday you'll find the right person, and you'll learn to have a lot more confidence in yourself. Thats what I think. So… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
![“Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection! It will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or of sadness. It will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society, and leaving the company of creatures of its…” quote by Théophile Gautier](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/44c/theophile-gautier-7224_affection_once-a-cat-has-given-its-love-what-absol_3056748.jpg)
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